DESN1000 Introduction to Engineering Design and Innovation (UNSW Sydney): rated 2.9/5 overall across 30 reviews collected on UNSW Wall.
DESN1000 is a UNSW Sydney course taught by the Faculty of Engineering in Faculty of Engineering. This page brings together its handbook details and what UNSW students say about it.
Review data updated 2026-10-24.
Chinese title: 工程设计导论与创新
Type: Undergraduate course
Credit points: 6
Subject area: Faculty of Engineering
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering
Level: Undergraduate Level 1
Handbook year: 2026
In this course, you will experience first-hand one of the major things that engineers do: designing and building creative solutions to problems. You will learn to think the way that engineers think, coming up with reasonable solutions to problems despite being limited by budget, time and resources, the requirement to also meet environmental and social objectives and, of course, the limitations of the laws of physics.
DESN1000 has 30 scored reviews: overall 2.9/5 (all out of 5; higher difficulty means harder).
Sources: 30 Reddit comments that an AI model judged to be reviewing this course (average would-recommend 2.9/5).
On Reddit: "they’re not supposed to clash but desn is always so poorly planned that im not surprised. i think it should be fine even if does clash like you’ll be able to register for the lab even if it clashes bc its just a lecture. (not that you’ll be going to those lectures anyway bc they…"
On Reddit: "Everyterm they revamp the course, this year they changed the labs and added a concert for an introduction, and still every time its shit. Group project courses are always inherently flawed and desn1k is no exception"
The course panel on UNSW Wall shows every review and discussion in full.
Q: Is DESN1000 worth taking?
A: Averaged over 30 reviews: overall 2.9/5.
Q: Which faculty teaches DESN1000, and when is it offered?
A: DESN1000 is taught by the Faculty of Engineering. Check the official handbook for the current year.
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